Fetch and Organize ?
polycounter lvl 8
Does this exist within Maya or is there an external tool, as in script for Maya. Whereas all texture files sitting randomly on the computer can be fetched and moved to a specific location on the computer; strictly for organization ?
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http://help.autodesk.com/view/MAYAUL/2015/ENU/?guid=GUID-C2E5B5A5-7AF1-49B8-B0C1-24CF0AB5C0FD
http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/script/filetexturemanager
in maya 2016 there is also Windows->General Editors->File Path Editor
Instead of helping, the tool messed up all my image paths; completely messing up the scene, arghh.
The FileTextureManager is a great timesaver. For example you can check all used textures in the scene, move them to a new location of your choice and then just set the new path and you're fine.
It also shows you missing textures and so on.
I select those seventy-six textures and choose to move them to a destination folder; I'm prompt it's successful, but when checking the script editor I get a warning the move cannot not be done, could be permission issue or path existence issue.
The destination folder has full read & write access and exists, this script is not cooperating as effectively as it appears.
When all textures are found select all textures, then move to your desired new path. After that, you have to use "set path", to use the new path.
I guess your error comes from the textures that are not found by maya in the first place.
This is what needs to be fixed in my scene, either via File Texture Manager or another automation tool. The next time I use File Texture Manager I'll known which I didn't know at the time, because the explanation in the help file wasn't clear or didn't specify this when following the steps that one should run the 'set path'.
There are alot of files; that was the point of the file texture manager, transfer texture assets from one folder to another.
Why can't file texture manager fix this mistake; or does there not exist another tool to update file paths in maya ?
Maybe post a screenshot of FileTextureManager after analyzing files, to see how big the mess is.
If I understood you right you have a file with lots of textures, who can't be located by maya. And even you don't know, where they are on your harddrive, right? This is something you can't fix with maya. Sorry for that.
You have to find all those files with Windows Tools, like WindowsExplorer or TotalCommander, move them to a directory and then then go to Maya and fix your scene. I don't know a tool within maya(and I guess there is none), where you can search your whole harddrive for all missing textures...
The copy or the move from FileTextureManager is already complete, I don't think a screen shot will be helpful ?
No, I know where the files are on my HDD, I want the files paths to be updated though automation to which File Texture Manager did not do, most likely because the 'set path' command in the tool was no executed as I was not aware that needed to be done.
1. Analyze your scene
2. Fix the Pathes
3. Analyze again and see if everything is fine
I got a screenshot attached, maybe you mixed something up...
Ah, ok.
Maya is stubborn, it won't render a scene if file textures are missing it doesn't seem to matter even if they appear not to be used in the scene.
But destination does not exist; is the error I get with some file textures, but the destination does exist ?
Do you know how, with MEL / Python I can quickly with the hypershade open, select the object then the node to which the supposedly destination does not exist ?
as i said, filetexturemanager reports, which textures are missing. you have to fix this.
if you think you have lots of materials/textures in your scene you don't use, go to hypershade->Edit->Delete Unused Nodes. Maya will delete all textures and materials that are not used in the scene. What's left has to be fixed.